green manure
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- noun
- /ɡrin məˈnʊr/
- Specialized
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abono verde
- On the contrary, green manure crops and leguminous cropping patterns can produce higher rice yield as compared to the commonly practiced rice-wheat cropping pattern (Ali et al. 2012).
- green manure crop
Examples
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"There are two rotation treatments," she continues, "a green manure-potato rotation and a barley-potato rotation."
Academic text (1996) -
These homegrown algae could be used as animal feed or as green manure for fields.
Academic text (1999) -
A small spading machine was attached to the same power unit and used to incorporate green manure crops.
Academic text (1998) -
"She pressed down with her boot and watched the green manure ooze out either side."
Fiction book (1997) -
Soil microbial population increased rapidly when a young and relatively fresh succulent green manure crop was added to the soil.
Academic text (2014) -
I just got in from plowing up an 8-acre field that is getting planted to soybeans and sorghum for a green manure crop for next year's vegetables.
Blog text (23) -
Farmers often use green manure to enrich the soil with essential nutrients.
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After harvesting, they plow the green manure crop back into the field to improve fertility.
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Sowing green manure will help maintain soil health and prevent erosion.
How Enriching
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a crop grown and then plowed in to improve soil fertility' is directly derivable from combining 'green' (vegetative/plant material) with 'manure' (organic fertilizer): it denotes plant material used as fertilizer. This noun+noun composition is semantically transparent and has clear equivalents in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
Green manure comes from farming: farmers grow green plants and then plow them into the soil like manure to give the soil food. That's why it means 'a crop grown to be turned into the soil to add nutrients and improve fertility'.